My View

My lifelong interest in the Bible has a very personal basis:^a. Since I am a Christian (an evangelical Christian at that), I find in the Bible the record of God’s redemptive revelation of himself, which was crowned in the person and work of Jesus. But if I am asked (as I sometimes am) if my personal commitment to the central message of the Bible does not inhibit the scientific study of the Bible, I have to answer, “Not at all”; rather, its scientific study is stimulated and encouraged by my commitment to its message. The biblical message inculcates, among other things, a love of truth for its own sake and a willingness to follow the evidence wherever it may lead.